The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

1. We must not hide the matter of fact by any ••ful Concealment. David had attempted this be••re, and greatly increased his Sin thereby; but •ow he will do so no more. There is a Concealment from men, and Concealment from God; which men are apt to Endeavour: as to the •••ter, as it is vain, for God knows us better ⟨p. 208⟩than we do our selves, 1 Joh. 3. 20. So it is sinful When men think to be safe by keeping silence and so do not freely lay themselves open befo•• him, this is an Atheistical thought that God sh•• not know it, and must be withstood. In refe• ence to the former; how far confession is to •• made to men, will be after considered; only o• serve, that if we cannot keep our sin from takin• air, and coming to light, but by some other si• in the hiding of it, we ought not to suppress it for this is but to add sin to sin; and sometim• more nefandous sins than the first that we woul• hide: if David had so done, he had not adde• Murder to Adultery. The telling a lie to kee• a sin secret by a flat denial of it, is contrary •• sincerity of heart: and if we confess our •• affectionately to God, yet if we lie to men at ••• same time, our confession will not profit us.

1. We must not hide the matter of fact by any ••ful Concealment. David had attempted this bere, and greatly encreased his Sin thereby; but ow he will do so no more. There is a Concealment from men, and Concealment from God; which men are apt to Endeavour: as to the ter, as it is vain, for God knows us better